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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Mary not want Jane Grey to be executed?
(a) Because she was opposed to the death penalty.
(b) Because she felt that Jane was a pawn.
(c) Because she thought it was hypocritical.
(d) Because she worried this would be her fate too.

2. How did the English people feel toward Philip of Spain once he was married to the queen?
(a) They obeyed him.
(b) They admired him.
(c) They resented him.
(d) They loved him.

3. What were Philip II's motives for returning to England?
(a) Politics.
(b) Love.
(c) Family.
(d) Safety.

4. What did Queen Mary vow to do after the rebellion was stopped in London?
(a) Show clemency to traitors.
(b) Never knight Protestant royals.
(c) Never show clemency to traitors.
(d) Knight Protestant royals.

5. John Dudley, Earl of Warwick and Duke of Northumberland, was executed on what date?
(a) January 11, 1552.
(b) September 4, 1551.
(c) May 9, 1554.
(d) August 22, 1553.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Jane Grey behave at her execution in contrast to her husband Guilford Dudley?

2. In her final days, how was Queen Mary perceived by the public?

3. What did Queen Mary want Elizabeth to do?

4. Before Queen Mary, the English had not had a female sovereign since what century?

5. How did Stephen Gardiner respond to heretics in his diocese?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Mary want to deal with Elizabeth regarding Wyatt's rebellion, and why is it significant?

2. Why were the councilors undecided about what they should do with Elizabeth, and what choice did they eventually make?

3. Why did Mary retract Jane Grey's privileges at the Tower, and under what condition did she offer her a reprieve?

4. What was the Act for the Renewing of Three Statues made for the Punishment of Heresies, and how was it significant?

5. Describe the relationship between Philip and Elizabeth at Hampton Court, and why was it significant?

6. Why did Charles V put forth Philip of Spain as a candidate for marriage to Queen Mary?

7. What was Mary's state of mind at the end of her life?

8. What was Philip's state of mind at Hampton Court regarding Mary not giving birth, and why did he leave?

9. How did Elizabeth respond to being recalled to Whitehall by her sister, and why is it significant?

10. Discuss Elizabeth's confinement in the Tower and what it revealed about her character?

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